I think they don't sell very well, and they're quite costly to produce --especially the gold ones today, with the price of gold.

I know of two manufacturers that have pocket watches and special cases to wear them as wristwatches. Very nice, but a little bulky and quite costly -one that I tried on in steel was close to 30,000 USD.

Juan,Pocketwatches are history for nearly all Swiss watch manufacturers. Who is wearing a pocket watch today? Would you buy a new one? The interest for pocket watches expressed by some collectors is heavily influenced by history. And the history of watch making was based on pocket watches for a great deal. Those watch aficionado's who love an IWC wrist watch today know, that nearly all knowledge and experience to built such mechanical watch was achieved nearly a century ago when only Pocket Watches were built. This is why a post on the Forum is called "Nostalgy For.....IWC Pocket Watches"But...if you are really interested in buying excellent IWC Pocket Watches, sometimes never used, the market is offering hundreds of fine pieces everyday. Kind regards,Adrian(alwaysiwc).

Many thanks for the answers. I´m wearing a Zenith pocket watch in the summer, because of the sweat, you are right , is not common. I´ll try to find a good IWC on ebay, but I am sure if IWC would offer one or two models of pocket watches some of us would buy them. A very interesting link of pocket watches Michael, I did not see it before. Kindest regards , Juan

Not that IWC is "making pocket watches again" Juan, but 'new old stock' is still available, as highlighted in an earlier discussion, in case you might find this information useful.

Michael Friedberg Wrote: IWC's pocket watches, which probably don't amount to 50/year in sales, are essentially "new old stock" with Calibre 982x or 972x movements in them. These were the pocket watch movements IWC used starting if I recall in the late 1930s, and continuously thereafter for IWC pocket watches (and also the Jubilee Portugieser from 1993).

alwaysiwc Wrote:In the catologue of 2007, IWC offers for the last time two 18 kt gold Pocket Watches, a Savonette for 11.400 Euro and a Lepine for 7.650 Euro. No doubt that few if any, have been sold during 2007.

Many thanks to Adrian and others for keeping the heritage of watch making alive.

Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) comtime does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch.all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.

I have an IWC Shaffhausen gold wind up pocket watch. It was my great-grandfather's watch, who lived in Vienna, Austria, either from the late 1800s or early 1900s. How can I find out how much it's worth?